As Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Varanasi, his convoy stopped to give way to an ambulance. This is not the first time Prime Minister stopped the convoy to let an emergency vehicle overtake his cavalcade. Last year, PM’s convoy was stopped to make way for ambulance while he was en route Gandhinagar from Ahmedabad. PM Modi arrived in his Parliamentary constituency on December 17 to inaugurate development projects. During his two-day visit, PM Modi in Varanasi will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of multiple projects worth over ₹19,150 crore. Earlier during the day, PM Modi visited Gujarat's Surat to inaugurate new Integrated Terminal Building of Surat Airport and Surat Diamond Bourse, the world’s largest and modern centre for international diamond and jewellery business.
17 December,2023 05:50 PM IST
The rescue operations at the Uttarkashi tunnel collapse site continued for Day 11 on Nov 22. No stone is being left unturned to evacuate 41 trapped labourers from inside the tunnel’s rubbles. Prepared for any undesired occurrence, 4 ambulances have been stationed at the operation site. 35-36 more ambulances are expected to reach the site soon. Mahmood Ahmed, Additional Secretary Technical, Road and Transport held a press conference and said, “An additional 800 mm pipe has also been pushed 21 metres inside the tunnel. Around 12:45 am, we started drilling through the auger machine and so far, we have pushed three more pipes...As long as we reach 45-50 metres inside the tunnel, we will not be able to give you the exact time. We are also doing horizontal drilling, we have entered around 8 metres from there as well.”
22 November,2023 04:24 PM IST
PM Narendra Modi stopped his convoy to give way to an ambulance during his massive roadshow in #Gujarat's Ahmedabad
02 December,2022 02:59 PM IST
PM Narendra Modi stopped his convoy to give way to an ambulance while en route from Ahmedabad to Gandhinagar
01 October,2022 12:36 PM IST | Mumbai
Malwani couple who donated own #oxygen cylinder to needy during #secondwave peak get more than Rs 35 lakh in #donations, with which they bought two ambulances and donated 250 dialysis kits in the area.
01 August,2021 12:00 AM IST | Mumbai
Nearly a week after Mid-Day exposed the murky business of ambulance operators, charging exorbitantly to ferry Covid-19 patients or bodies of those felled by the Coronavirus , the transport department announced on 11 May that it would paste rate cards on ambulances and punish the violators. The rate card has details of tariff per kilometre and will vary as per the vehicle model. It also has the fine amount for violation on first and subsequent offenses and details of the authorities who can be reached to report overcharging. Watch this video for more!
13 May,2021 12:00 AM IST | Mumbai
In yet another case of misbehavior with the doctors, some goons in Sitapur district of Uttar Pradesh ruthlessly beat up a government doctor in front of all the patients.
21 September,2015 01:02 PM IST
Post the UP cabinet meeting Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Wedsnesday, declared a spike on the ambulance count by 500 and said he is mulling over making cigarettes pricey as they are injurious to health.
23 September,2015 07:23 PM IST
The 108 ambulance workers protested in Gulbarga, demanding job safety, on Wednesday. The workers raised slogans against the administration in front of District Collector Office.
03 February,2016 01:07 PM IST
An air ambulance, carrying seven passengers, crashed landed in Najafgarh area of South West Delhi on Tuesday. A medical team comprising two doctors and a nurse, along with two pilots, were on board.
24 May,2016 05:15 PM ISTADVERTISEMENT
